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retired npub | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm sure you can offset unrealised capital losses against your income ... like you can do with depreciation
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Bit 🐳 Ish | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 There's a timing issue though. Taxes are assessed on previous year but your stock value is market price. If imagine it's April 2025... your stocks appreciated crazy high in 2024 so u owe a huge amount of unrealized gains tax. But right now it's April 2025 and stocks tanked in February. You now have to sell at a loss to pay your unrealized gains taxes.